William Inge

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.